COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Copper futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), long positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 18,412 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 20,541 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The time range covered by the series extends from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions registered a minimum of 7,007 contracts on 11 September 2007; they reached their highest level of 27,369 on 15 June 2021; they had a mean of 15,702.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 19,400.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 20,541.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 18,412.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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